Overview
CAREERS TO SMILE ABOUT

At PepsiCo, you’ll discover a place where our mission is to create smiles around the world. With a portfolio of more than 500 beloved brands including, Gatorade, Lay’s and Quaker, our work touches millions of people every day.

At the heart of the company is a team of thinkers, creators, and problem-solvers who collaborate to innovate and turn ideas into action. Driven by innovation and a focus on creating joyful moments through food and drinks, our decisions are guided by consumer centricity, creating opportunities for our associates to do meaningful work and make a lasting impact in the communities we serve.

Whatever your role, you’ll be part of a global community that values your ideas and empowers you to make an impact, on your career and on the world around you.

Responsibilities
TheOpportunity

This role will be responsible for supporting R&D; formula development and validation at benchtop development level for beverages, requiring coordination with Product Developers and cross functional R&D; partners including, Quality Assurance, Consumer Science, Regulatory Affairs and Commercialization Engineering. This role will provide Support for Innovation, TBS (Technical Brand Stewardship) and Productivity projects for LATAM beverages.

YourImpact

As R&D; Lab Assistant Analyst your functions would consist of:

Execute relevant bench top development applications, including product prototypes, formula adjustments, Finished Product and Raw Material specifications generation and related validation procedures in alignment with PEP R&D; protocols and best practices to ensure safe, stable, and legal formulations.

Meet success criteria assigned to each project including metrics on time,



quality and performance as per aligned in AOP and Integral Innovation Brief.

Maintain laboratory facilities, raw materials and laboratory supplies inventories up to date, Bench Top Development working areas clean and according to Safety Guidelines, shelf-life chambers and storage rooms in order, free of expired samples and materials and also generate Purchase Orders in SAP and follow up the Payment Process until Goods Receipt entrance.

Assist laboratory site management activities, maintenance and calibration program of analytical equipment, provide technical support to operate and coordinate maintenance of the single head filler and Hot Fill Processor equipment.

Support new material / supplier qualification process following PepsiCo R&D; protocols.

Perform physical chemical analysis of samples and collect information of commercial products and fill out competitive analysis templates.

Qualifications
WhoAreWeLookingFor?

Education

Education: Bachelor´s Degree or higher in one of the following areas - Food Chemistry, Food Science, Food Process Engineering, Chemistry or any Food Science Field related technical area;

Experience

Professional Experience

R&D; experience: Not necessarily required; desired some experience working in a laboratory facility is a plus

Functional experience: Desired Experience in Product Development is a plus.





Ability to work in a laboratory using different Analytical Equipment is a plus

Skills

Fluent in both English and Spanish is a must.

Basic Project Management Skills

Ability to collaborate and work in cross-functional teams

Ability to work in a virtual team environment

Cultural sensitivity / flexibility in responding to different cultures;

Results oriented and able to balance competing priorities without losing momentum and managing uncertainties.

Self-starter and proactive

Qualifications

Ability to follow instructions and to participate in execution plans to get alignment.

Curiosity for learning

Good communication skills

Strong organizational skills

Whatcanyouexpectfromus: Opportunitiestolearnanddevelopeverydaythroughawiderangeofprograms.Internaldigitalplatformsthatpromoteself-learning.DevelopmentprogramsaccordingtoLeadershipskills.Specializedtrainingaccordingtotherole.Learningexperienceswithinternalandexternalproviders.Welovetocelebratesuccess,whichiswhywehaverecognitionprogramsforseniority,behavior,leadership,momentsoflife,amongothers.Financialwellnessprogramsthatwillhelpyoureachyourgoalsinallstagesoflife.Aflexibilityprogramthatwillallowyoutobalanceyourpersonalandworklife,adaptingyourworkingdaytoyourlifestyle.Andbecauseyourfamilyisalsoimportanttous,theycanalsoenjoybenefitssuchasourWellnessLine,thousandsofAgreementsandDiscounts,Scholarshipprogramsforyourchildren,AidPlansfordifferentmomentsoflife,amongothers.Weareanequalopportunityemployerandvaluediversityatourcompany.Wedonotdiscriminatebasedonrace,religion,color,nationalorigin,gender,sexualorientation,age,maritalstatus,veteranstatus,ordisabilitystatus.Werespectandvaluediversityasaworkforceandinnovationfortheorganization.

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📌 R&D Lab Assistant Analyst (Nezahualcóyotl)
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